Effect of a plant growth regulator prohexadione-calcium on insect pests of apple and pear
| Autor: | G. S. Paulson, Larry A. Hull, David J. Biddinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Insecticides
Choristoneura rosaceana Biology Insect Control Hemiptera Pyrus chemistry.chemical_compound Plant Growth Regulators Imidacloprid Animals PEAR Tebufenozide Ecology business.industry fungi Pest control food and beverages Drug Synergism General Medicine Pesticide biology.organism_classification Aphis Lepidoptera Horticulture Agronomy chemistry Insect Science Aphids Malus Ketoglutaric Acids business Pyrus communis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of economic entomology. 98(2) |
| ISSN: | 0022-0493 |
| Popis: | The effect of prohexadione-calcium, a plant growth regulator that inhibits gibberellin metabolism, on Cacopsylla pyricoloa (Foerster) in pear trees, and Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) and Aphis spireacola Patch, in apple trees was studied. C. pyricoloa and A. spireacola populations were significantly reduced in prohexadione-calcium-treated pear and apple, respectively. Insecticide control of both pests with imidacloprid was synergized in treatments with prohexadione-calcium. In apples treated with prohexadione-calcium, there was a significant reduction in the number of C. rosaceana shelters per tree and amount of fruit injury at harvest attributable to the C. rosaceana. There was an additive effect when tebufenozide was used to control C. rosaceana in trees treated with prohexadione-calcium. Prohexadione-calcium significantly reduced vegetative growth in both pears and apples. Synergistic and additive treatment effects of prohexadione-calcium and pesticides used in this study may be due to better penetration and coverage of pesticides due to reduced foliar growth or to changes in the nutritional quality of the host plants. |
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